Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The way to go if one wanted a long lens on a 4/3 camera would be Olympus' 300/2.8 (which translates to a 600/2.8 in 35mm terms). Pricey, but what a fast 600. wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > >> Leica R glass is very heavy solid stuff. >> Sticking it on a camera using the middle third of it strikes me funny. >> The camera seems nice enough I'd just use it with the Olympus glass. >> With full AF and metering. >> > > I wouldn't buy R lenses only to use on a 4/3 camera. A 4/3 camera will > take advantage of only 25% of the R lens' image circle, and a big part of > the high cost of an R lens is the image quality over the whole image > circle. I suspect that a good lens designed for the smaller 4/3 image > circle would out-perform an R lens on the same camera, at a much lower > cost. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >